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Kill Gus Boulis's Killer?
Paul Brandreth didn't want to murder anybody. Or did he?
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Silly Wabbit
So a guy in a bunny suit walks into a bar ...
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Mayor of the Nude Beach
So he's naked and in his seventies. He's still the coolest guy you'll ever meet.
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Poisoned Well
What was contaminating our drinking water? Who knows - Dade officials stopped looking.
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Ignored and Cheated
Farm workers earn nada in America's green bean capital.
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Sarnoff Shmarnoff (14)
Commissioner Marc's claim to a famous bloodline just might be fiction.
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Poisoned Well (5)
What was contaminating our drinking water? Who knows - Dade officials stopped looking.
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Mayor of the Nude Beach (5)
So he's naked and in his seventies. He's still the coolest guy you'll ever meet.
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The Reporter and the Tranny (4)
He kissed her, um, him, and that was only the beginning.
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Barack Obama Naked! (3)
If you could enjoy sensual pleasure with Hillary Clinton, would you? Really?
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Sigher Education
Get your Ph.D. in bOINK-ing today.
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Wear a Cup
Old-school comedians can handle you hecklers.
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Making Shit Up
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Calling All Vets
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Nothing Corny About It
At MBC, learn more about America’s most ubiquitous grain.
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Crane Crash Kills Two
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StreetWorks - Near NE 38th Street and Biscayne Boulevard
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Magic City Kitty - Private Dick
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WMC Preview: Interview with M.A.N.D.Y.!
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Tuesday Morning Music Fix: Portishead, Jack White, the Black Kids and lot's of free tracks.
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Throwback Tuesdays--Dead Presidents
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Recent Articles By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
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Calling All Vets
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Protect Ya Neck
Real hip-hop finally gets downtown respect.
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Putt-Putt Paradise
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Eggs on ’Roids
No offense, J.C., but we like the Easter Bunny too.
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The Tide Is High
Drift over to Stiltsville for a slice of Miami history.
National Features
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Village Voice
A Long Way Wrong?
Another celebrated memoir threatens to blow into a million little pieces.
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LA Weekly
Hoop Dawg
Billionaire Donald T. Sterling owns the L.A. Clippers and loves the ladies. And those are just two of his problems.
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The Pitch
Children of the Porn
Elvin Boone's sex-shop empire crumbles as his offspring feud.
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Westword
The Good Soldier
When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, they messed with the wrong coward.
By Joel Warner
Nothing Corny About It
At MBC, learn more about America’s most ubiquitous grain.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: March 20, 2008
It’s in your soda. It’s in your snacks. It’s in your spaghetti sauce, syrup, and salad dressing. If you eat a hot dog or hamburger, it’s in the bun, the meat, and the ketchup you slather on it. It’s corn. And we’re wondering: WTF is the deal with this basic grain and its obese-making byproducts being used in just about every food item we consume? It’s enough to make you think twice about every bite. As well you should. The jaw-dropping documentary King Corn ought to be required viewing for every American who washes down their complaints about weight gain with a massive Diet Coke.
It all begins with a road trip. College buds Ian Cheney and Kurt Ellis set out with director Aaron Woolf across the great Midwest. They’re searching for answers to some very important questions. Like, why is unhealthy food so freakin’ cheap? What’s the deal with high-fructose corn syrup being in everything? What about the herbicides and genetically modified seeds we’re consuming? If these issues have kept you up at night, or if you can’t lose weight and don’t understand why, get to the Miami Beach Cinematheque tonight at 8:30 for this special Independent Lens screening, brought to you in conjunction with Hands On Miami. Admission for the flick – which will air soon on PBS – is free.
Thu., March 20, 8:30 p.m., 2008
